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Painting the Australian landscapeSaturday 19 June 10:30 am$60, $50 members/concession (includes some materials) | bookings essential (02) 6240 6528Create your own Australian landscape painting with Canberra watercolourist Ray Barnett. Participants will be provided with a list of materials to bring on booking.

Young members ‘talk and draw’ afternoonmembersSaturday 19 June 3:00 pm
$15 members, $25 non-members | bookings essential (02) 6240 6528 | Exhibition Galleries (meet in Gallery foyer)
Miriam Kelly, Assistant Curator, Australian Painting and Sculpture, presents a youthful perspective on selected works from the exhibition. Followed by drinks and Heysen-themed picture playoffs in the Members Lounge.

Exit through the gift shopA Banksy film$14, $12 concession, $10 members | bookings essential moshtix.com.au (booking fees apply)
James O Fairfax TheatreFriday 11 June 7:00 pm
Saturday 12 June 12:00 pm, 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Sunday 13 June 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm
Monday 14 June 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm
As a preview to the upcoming exhibition Space invaders (see below), the Gallery will be the only Canberra location to screen the Banksy filmExit through the gift shop. Banksy is the most well-known but also most elusive street artist in the world. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews and has been described as ‘the world’s first street art disaster movie’.

Space invaders:australian . street . stencils . posters . zines . stickers
30 October 2010 – 27 February 2011 | Project Gallery
Off the street and into the gallery. This exciting exhibition looks at work from the past 10 years by 35 contemporary artists from around Australia.

Collection

Max DupainSurreal face of a woman 1938 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Purchased with the assistance of James Agapitos OAM and Ray Wilson OAM, 2007

Facing the surreal Tuesday 8 June 12:45 pm
Free | Australian galleries
Miriam Kelly, Assistant Curator, Australian Painting and Sculpture, discusses a selection of portraits in the new gallery of Australian Surrealism.

Coffee with the curator membersWednesday 9 June 10:15 am$10 members, $15 guests | NAB Sculpture Gallery and Members Lounge | bookings essential (02) 6240 6528Enjoy a talk on the National Australia Bank Sculpture Gallery with Lucina Ward, Curator, International Painting and Sculpture, followed by coffee and cake in the Members Lounge.

Curator’s perspective Tuesday 15 June 12:45 pm
Free | Photography Gallery
Gael Newton, Senior Curator, Photography, introduces the new photography display of Indian portraits from the 1850s to the 1950s.

Image: Polygreen by Bellemo & Cat. Photograph: Peter Hyatt

Contemporary Australian Architects 2010 speaker series SAVE THE DATE
Wednesdays 28 July – 18 August 6:00 pm
This annual lecture series showcases the latest work of award-wining Australian architects. Presented in association with the ACT Chapter Australian Institute of Architects. Sponsored by BCA Certifiers. With lectures by: Michael Bellemo and Cat Macleod Dr Richard Goodwin Nonda Katsalidis Mark Cashman and Steve Koolloos, further details to appear in next month's artonline.

Support the Gallery

Robert DowlingMiss Robertson of Colac (Dolly)
1885–86 (detail)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
To be acquired with the assistance of the Masterpieces for the Nation Fund 2010

Masterpieces for the Nation
The Masterpieces of the Nation Fund was initiated in 2003 to give the public an opportunity to play a special role in the collection of significant works of art. Since 2003 the Gallery has been able to purchase seven important works through this fund and is again offering the opportunity to be part of the acquisition of a selection of a key work.